Wadlow v. Hartman

PRINGLE, Chief Justice.

This is a review of a court of appeals decision ordering the petitioner, the Board of County Commissioners of Mesa County, *202to grant a retail liquor store license to the respondents, Verne and Joanne Hartman. We affirm.

The respondents applied for a retail liquor license for a store located within Clifton, an unincorporated community near Grand Junction. Prior to a hearing, the Board of County Commissioners designated an area to be considered as the “neighborhood.” No retail liquor store existed within that neighborhood. The closest outlet of that type was located about…